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Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, breaking crime news.

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Speaker 2: Now, I'm Drew Nelson. In Pennsylvania, the man accused of

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Speaker 2: killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson can't keep his mouth shut,

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Speaker 2: erupting in an outburst, heading into court for an extradition hearing,

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Speaker 2: and then another outburst in court. In the ongoing investigation

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Speaker 2: into twenty six year old Luigi Mangioni, a valedictorian from

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Speaker 2: Maryland with an Ivy League degree. At his extradition hearing,

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Speaker 2: Mangioni was shackled and dressed in an orange jumpsuit before

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Speaker 2: going into court, shouting experience that is this is completely

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Speaker 2: out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of

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Speaker 2: the American people. His attorney, Thomas Dickie, said Mangioni would

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Speaker 2: contest extradition and plead not guilty. Pennsylvania authorities now have

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Speaker 2: thirty days to secure a governor's warrant to transfer him

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Speaker 2: to New York. Central to the investigation is a handwritten

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Speaker 2: manifesto that has drawn comparisons to the writings of the

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Speaker 2: unibomber ted Kaczynskiigators revealed Mangoni had referenced Kazinski's ideology online

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Speaker 2: and had participated in discussions about his manifesto. Mangioni's own

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Speaker 2: document echoed anti corporate sentiments and disdain for technological overreach,

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Speaker 2: mirroring themes in Kazinski's work. Online communities are debating his manifesto,

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Speaker 2: with some hailing him as a symbol of resistance. A

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Speaker 2: separate notebook found with Mangioni detailed plans for the assassination.

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Speaker 2: It allegedly included reconnaissance notes and a to do list

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Speaker 2: for the crime. He considered using a bomb, but decided

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Speaker 2: against it, citing concerns about harming bystanders. He writes, quote

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Speaker 2: shooting is more targeted. One chilling entry said, quote what

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Speaker 2: better way than to kill the CEO at his own

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Speaker 2: bean counting conference. Thompson was shot outside a Manhattan hotel

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Speaker 2: where the company's annual investor conference was set to be held.

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Speaker 2: Thompson's murders shocked corporate America. The fifty year old executive,

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Speaker 2: a father of two, was a rising star in the

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Speaker 2: health insurance industry. Colleagues described him as a practical leader

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Speaker 2: and a quote unquote mid Western everyman. Under his leadership,

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Speaker 2: United Healthcare saw record profits, but the company also faced

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Speaker 2: criticism for its denial of claims and alleged prioritization of

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Speaker 2: profits over patient care. Authorities worry that Mangoni's case could

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Speaker 2: inspire copycats. Posters targeting other health insurance executives have appeared

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Speaker 2: in Manhattan, and social media platforms are struggling to contain

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Speaker 2: content glorifying the crime. The NYPD has increased security for

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Speaker 2: corporate leaders in response. The use of three D printed technology.

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Speaker 2: A three D printed firearm adds a layer of complexity

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Speaker 2: to the prosecution's case. Ghost guns, which lack serial numbers,

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Speaker 2: are difficult to trace. Mangioni's weapon may represent the highest

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Speaker 2: profile use of such technology.

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Speaker 3: I'm Nicole Parton. In the week's leading up to her disappearance,

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Speaker 3: Suzanne Simpson, a fifty one year old mother of four

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Speaker 3: from Texas, ominously informed her personal banker that if she

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Speaker 3: would missing, they should search for her in a lake.

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Speaker 3: As stated in a recent released police affidavit, Suzanne was

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Speaker 3: last seen at her home in Almost Park on October six.

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Speaker 3: Earlier in August, she confided in her banker about being

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Speaker 3: a victim of physical abuse at the hands of her husband,

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Speaker 3: Brad Simpson, who allegedly also would confiscate her cell phone

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Speaker 3: from time to time. Brad has been charged with Suzanne's murder, and,

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Speaker 3: according to the arrest warrant, investigators have found no evidence

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Speaker 3: suggesting she is alive. The warrant details evidence linking Brad

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Speaker 3: to Suzanne's suspected death, including surveillance footage of him driving

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Speaker 3: to a landfill with garbage bags and a large item

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Speaker 3: covered with the tarp the day of her disappearance. On

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Speaker 3: October seventh, at nine to twelve am, he was captured

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Speaker 3: on video at a WATA Burger in Bernie, where he

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Speaker 3: was seen with trash bags, a heavy duty trash can,

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Speaker 3: On that same day, he reportedly purchased cement, Clorox's disinfectant

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Speaker 3: spray and Instinct repellent with cash at a nearby home depot.

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Speaker 3: Investigators noted that he inquired about the nearest landfill while

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Speaker 3: in the home depot parking lot, then deliberately shut off

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Speaker 3: his cell phone service and activated the lockdown mode on

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Speaker 3: his device. Police tracking data indicated that Brad traveled to

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Speaker 3: a site near a waste facility in Kendall County. Subsequently,

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Speaker 3: he was recorded on another surveillance camera cleaning his truck

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Speaker 3: at a car wash in San Antonio. During a search

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Speaker 3: by Texas rangers on October ten, dried cement splashes and

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Speaker 3: blood stains were discovered in the truck bed, which belonged

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Speaker 3: to Brad Simpson. He reported Suzanne missing on the evening

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Speaker 3: of October seven, but this was only after one of

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Speaker 3: her friends contacted authorities. Initially, bradca he last saw Suzanne

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Speaker 3: on the night of October six, but later changed his story,

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Speaker 3: saying he had seen her asleep in a different room

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Speaker 3: on the morning of October seven. This all came to

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Speaker 3: light after a neighbor reported hearing screaming outside his window.

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Speaker 3: For more, here's Crime Onlines Dave Mack.

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Speaker 1: An hour after Brad and Suzanne Simpson return home from

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Speaker 1: dinner at the Argyle, a neighbor hears loud arguing from

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Speaker 1: their home. The yelling seems to get louder, and the

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Speaker 1: Simpsons in a physical fight outside their home. It looks

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Speaker 1: but Brad Simpson keeps pulling her back. The couple eventually

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Speaker 3: Brad was arrested on October nine for family violence and

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Speaker 3: unlawful restraint. He has since been charged with murder and

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Speaker 3: is currently being held in the Bexar County Jail with

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Speaker 3: a bond set at three million dollars, along with a

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Speaker 3: federal hold by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

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Speaker 3: and Explosives that to a weapons charge.

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Speaker 4: I'm Jennifer Gould. A pair of twin real estate tycoons

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Speaker 4: are accused of using their wealth and social status to

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Speaker 4: prey on vulnerable women. Luxury brokers or in an Aylon

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Speaker 4: Alexander appeared in a Miami court room to face charges

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Speaker 4: of sexual assault and sex trafficking. The duo stood before

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Speaker 4: the judge via video, dressed in protective green vests and

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Speaker 4: with their arms exposed. Here's Urn pleading for his release,

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Speaker 4: Your honor.

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Speaker 2: My wife is nine months pregnant to do any day

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Speaker 2: now with our first child. Her families in Brazils. She's

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Speaker 2: counting on me to be with.

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Speaker 3: Her during labor.

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Speaker 4: But the judge did not budge, citing the twins' access

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Speaker 4: to private jets and yachts, making them a flight risk.

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Speaker 4: The Alexander brothers co founded the luxury real estate firm

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Speaker 4: Official in twenty twenty two. They listed properties for celebrities

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Speaker 4: like Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, and Lindsay Loewen. They also

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Speaker 4: had deep ties to the social elite, frequently appearing glamorous

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Speaker 4: events and parties around the world. The thirty seven year olds,

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Speaker 4: officials say, used that to lure young women into a

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Speaker 4: sinister web of abuse. Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed

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Speaker 4: and indictment this week detailing a scheme in which the

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Speaker 4: Alexander brothers targeted women and lured them to high end

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Speaker 4: international parties where they were drugged and assaulted. The victims,

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Speaker 4: many of whom were aspiring models and actresses. Some were

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Speaker 4: recruited via dating apps and social media, others sourced through

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Speaker 4: party promoters, but all, according to the indictment, were subjected

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Speaker 4: to horrific sexual assaults that often involved multiple perpetrators and

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Speaker 4: drugs so they could not fight back. The incidents reportedly

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Speaker 4: spanned from twenty ten to twenty twenty one and include

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Speaker 4: dozens of victims. The twins were arrested in Miami. They've

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Speaker 4: been charged with multiple felonies, including sexual battery and conspiracy

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Speaker 4: to commit sex trafficking. They're also accused of conspiring with

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Speaker 4: their older brother, tal Alexander, two traffic women for sex.

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Speaker 4: Federal authorities have charged him with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking,

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Speaker 4: as well as trafficking by force. The thirty eight year

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Speaker 4: old will face a detention hearing in New York on

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Speaker 4: Friday or in an alon will remain in custody. Their

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Speaker 4: next bail hearing is also on Friday in Miami. If convicted,

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Speaker 4: each brother faces up to fifteen years to life in prison.

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Speaker 4: The investigation is ongoing. For the latest crime and justice news,

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Speaker 4: app with this Crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Goold